Sunday, August 26, 2012

I woke up in the the middle of the night feeling, actually feeling my face swelling up. As this happened, i was able to breathe less and less through my nose.

I panicked with images of my face blowing up and suffocating.

The nurses tried to reach my doctor as I had ice packs pressed against my face, breathing through my mouth.

After some time, I calmed down, and just lay awake most of the night breathing through my banded teeth.

The morning came peacefully, and I just did my 5 minute walk around and had my liquid breakfast. My face is still extremely swollen, and my nose feels really stiff and tight, but if the doctors are right, I should start "deflating" tomorrow or even later today.

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I'm a 26 year old male diagnosed with a rotated lower jaw due to an underdeveloped right mandible, leading to malocclusion. This means that my bite relation is inadequate; when I close my teeth, my right jaw joint is out of the socket, and when my right jaw joint is in the socket, my lower jaw is rotated to my right.
My treatment includes a double jaw surgery involving the advancement of my upper jaw, shortening of my left mandible, and extension of my right, followed by any necessary additional procedures to even out my facial muscle balance.
This is my journey.